Verizon is upgrading their core offerings to the Traverse City area, which could be of some real benefit. This brings EV-DO service to the Traverse City area, which will likely make for the fastest mobile Internet speeds in the area. Aside from the specs, the real world implication is for near-broadband mobile phone Internet access. Pretty neat for the area.

Verizon’s coverage up here still isn’t the best, but this is definitely a good start.

Click here for the story from the Great Lakes IT Report.